Because of neuroplasticity, the brain’s ever-changing potentials, anything is possible.
Check out the first of ten methods:
1. IDENTITY THE HABIT YOU’D LIKE TO TRANSFORM AND SET THE INTENTION.
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A Really Awesome Guy Got Tired of Being Bullied by Trolls
Shane Koyczan was bullied as a child. He took the pain that haunted him for all these years and put it into an amazing video.
Kids who are bullying victims are more than twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts and more than two and a half times as likely to attempt suicide as kids who aren’t. Suicide is the third-biggest killer of young people in the United States. Girls are at higher risk.
If you’d like to see more of Shane’s work, you can Like him on Facebook. You canbuy the graphic novel and the album here. To learn more about how to stop bullying, check out StopBullying.gov.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art releases 400,000 pictures!
Metropolitan Museum of Art releases 400,000 pictures!
Whether you’re looking to examine photos documenting the past with students or print out images for collage, 400,000 is an awful lot of pictures! The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that they are releasing these photos for non-commercial use. Check out the article and a sampling of the awesomeness on the This Is Colossal blog:
How an 11-year old changed McDonald’s!
How an 11-year old changed McDonald’s!
Antonia Aryes-Brown was just 11 when encountering gender discrimination at the McDonald’s drive-through. Learn what this inspiring courageous ally and confident leader did next!
What does Math have to do with being a Courageous Ally?
What does Math have to do with being a Courageous Ally?
In this inspiring article, Glennon Doyle Melton describes what she learned about her son’s math teacher and the secret math that was going on ever since Columbine…
http://momastery.com/blog/2014/01/30/share-schools/
Here are some great ideas about how you can be a pro-active courageous ally in your classroom and encourage the kind of connection that builds community and attachment, not violence and detachment.
Creativity Game just for fun!
It’s good to be at least a little creative every day, don’t you think? Here’s a fun little game for today!
Link Spotlight: Mind Shift
Interested in the future of education and learning? MindShift is a blog with a lot of interesting articles on what’s new.
Description: “Launched in 2010 by KQED and NPR, MindShift explores the future of learning in all its dimensions, covering cultural and technology trends, innovations in education, groundbreaking research, education policy, and more. The editor is Tina Barseghian. Get in touch by sending an email to MindShift [at] KQED [dot] org.”
Paper Dresses!
Isn’t it amazing what you can create with some paper, tape, and a little imagination? Check out this article on what one mom has been up to with her daughter for a little real-life paper doll inspiration!
Thanks to Keri for sharing.
Link Spotlight: Creative Resistance
Link Spotlight: Creative Resistance
Check out this website for great ideas and inspiration from around the world on activist art and creativity in service of progress and social justice! Browse by cause or by artistic medium, with works in music, visual art, animation, puppetry, poetry, performance art, and more!
Description:
“Launched in February, 2014, Creative Resistance was started with the goal of promoting and supporting activist art. Creative Resistance is a place for artists to share their work and for everyone to be inspired.
Our home page is a Pinterest-style poster board providing a daily stream of activist art. You’ll see pictures of puppets, protest signs and other visual art, along with embedded videos of music and performance art. Our art groups page lists activist art groups around North America to help you connect and participate locally.
We also have a news blog where we report on current happenings within the activist art world. Our site is constantly expanding. If you have other ideas or you would like to get involved, please contact us.
And don’t forget to submit your own art as we are constantly adding new content. Come back often to see the latest posts, and to share, pin and tweet them. By doing so you are supporting the individual artists as well as the movement for social and political change!
Creative Resistance is a project of PopularResistance.org.”
As Lindsay Palmer said, this website is “as though made just for us!” Thanks for sharing, Lindsay!
Link Spotlight: WikiRhymer
Writing a song or a poem? Check out WikiRhymer, which has common phrases and words to rhyme with pretty much anything you can imagine!
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